More than 22,000 Angolan citizens have updated their voter registration in 12 foreign countries and are eligible to vote in the general elections scheduled for August 24, the Angolan government announced.
“This day [segunda-feira] we sent to the National Electoral Commission (CNE), the definitive electronic file of the elderly that contains a total of 14,399,391 voters. Of these, 22,560 updated their voter registration abroad, in 12 countries and 26 cities, specifically in South Africa, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, France, Great Britain, Namibia, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia”. , announced the Minister of Land Administration, Marcy Lopes.
The computer file contains the total number of registered Angolan voters as well as their location, including nearly 10 million citizens who were transferred from the Identity Card database, including those residing abroad, as well as those who they turn 18. until the date of the elections.
According to Marcy Lopes, during the period of inquiries and complaints, 501,768 inquiries were made through the “meuregisto.gov.ao” website, by telephone and through the public service desks, and 2,139 complaints were made, of which 1,287 were taken care of and carried out. possible and 852 rejected for not fitting into the legal field.
For the first time, the registration was carried out unofficially, consisting of the transfer of the civil registry database (identity card) to the database of older persons.
At the same time, due to the fact that identification services have not yet been implemented throughout the territory, the need arose to issue the voter card to all citizens living in remote areas, where face-to-face registration was carried out based on evidence. testimonials
“We cannot speak of a margin of error in terms of voter registration,” stressed the official, who indicated that all citizens 18 years of age or older were located in the database.
Marcy Lopes said that in the file there are also those that she designated as “conscientious objectors”, people who never registered to vote, but who are included in the file through the automatic transfer process of the ID card database. of identity, as well as people who will be sentenced. to prison or to die before the date of the elections.
“These are natural circumstances and others derived from the law that are not under our control because there has to be a court date” for the computer file, which was also filed today before the Constitutional Court.
Source: Observadora
